Officials

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We've just finished migrating all of our content from the old USATFOfficials.com site over to the USATF National site you see here. We've also done a complete reorganization of our content to make it easier to find. Please be aware that if you have any links to documents or pages on usatfofficials.com that those links will no longer work. We apologize for the inconvenience but we feel that the the improvements of the new site will far outweigh the temporary inconvience of old links not working. Welcome to the site!

Officials play an important role in making thousands of events run smoothly. From working national championships to officiating high-school track meets, officials are essential for maintaining the highest levels of integrity at all levels of competition. This section offers resources for current officials, as well as those seeking certification.

News for Officials

• 12/8/09 - A new docment on Official's Liability and How to Avoid It has been posted.
• 12/7/09 - USATF Rule Changes for 2010 as Approved at the 2009 Annual Meeting
• 12/5/09 - Congratulations to this year's Award Winners and Officials Hall of Fame Inductees:
  • Andy Bakjian Award: Ginger Mulanax - Ozark Association
  • Charles Ruter Award: Karen Krsak - Ohio Association
  • Horace Crow Award: Win Eggers – Illinois Association
  • John Davis Award: Finn Hansen – Utah Association
  • James Grey Award: Val Foss – Maine Association
  • 2009 Hall of Fame Class: Dick Connors (Pacific), Keith Mitchell (Indiana), Warren Ring (Metropolitan), Stanley Underwood (Tennessee), W.A. Wise (West Texas)
• 12/4/09 - Interim Officials Treasurer Sue Polansky was elected to fill the last year remaining on the original term of Ken Taylor
• 11/30/09 - ITO News

  Four candidates from the United States went to Paris to take the ITO test: John Blackburn, George Kleeman, Bob Podkaminer and Eric Zemper. It was announced at the time that no country would have more than two ITOs unless they all scored above 80%; then there might be three.

  Congratulations are in order to the following officials: John Blackburn, Bob Podkaminer and Eric Zemper (all scoring above 80%) as they have been appointed ITOs for the 2010 – 2013 period. George Kleeman (scoring slightly below 80%) has been appointed to the NACAC ATO panel as the fourth scorer.

• 11/19/09 - 2010 NFHS Pre-Meet Notes Newsletter

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